ANGERS, France — Mark Cavendish joined France great Bernard Hinault in second place of the all-time list of Tour de France stage winners when he beat Andre Greipel on Monday for his second victory in this year’s race.

The Briton, riding for the Dimension Data team, beat German Greipel by less than a tire’s length to snatch his 28th career Tour win at the end of a 223.5-kilometer ride from Granville.

Belgian Eddy Merckx, like Hinault a five-time Tour winner, still tops the list of stage wins with 34.

Marcel Kittel edged out Bryan Coquard in a photo finish to win Stage 4 of the Tour de France on Tuesday. Kittel and Coquard brushed shoulders during the frantic final stretch at Limoges, France but the German held off the Frenchman to record his ninth career stage win at the …

Belgian rider Greg Van Avermaet won the first mountain stage of the Tour de France on Wednesday to claim the overall leader’s yellow jersey. The 31-year-old BMC rider was part of an early nine-man breakaway before accelerating past fellow Belgian Thomas De Gendt with 10 miles to go to win …

British rider Steve Cummings won the seventh stage of the Tour de France, making his move on the final climb Friday. As Cummings celebrated his win, back down the road the inflatable arch marking one kilometer to go in the stage deflated and slowed down the riders, who had ...

Dumoulin attacked in a solo breakaway near the foot of the final climb on a day of heavy rain and hail in the 115-mile leg from Vielha d’Aran, Spain, to Arcalis in the principality of Andorra. He finished 38 seconds ahead of Rui Costa of Portugal and Rafal Majka of Poland.

REVEL, France — Michael Matthews turned the page on years of bad luck in the Tour de France to complete his set of grand tour victories when he won the 10th stage after a royal breakaway on Tuesday. The Australian, with three Vuelta and two Giro d’Italia stage wins to …

MONT VENTOUX, France — Defending champion Chris Froome retained the overall leader’s yellow jersey in the Tour de France despite being left without a bike following an incident involving a motorbike in a farcical finale to the 12th stage on Thursday. The Briton’s bike was broken in a pile-up close …

The Tour de France resumed as planned on Friday but under heightened security as riders observed a moment of silence in tribute to the victims of the terrorist attack in Nice, France. Thousands of fans lined the roads at the starting line in the town of Bourg-Saint-Andeol, France, amid reinforced …

CULOZ, France — Chris Froome has been so strong on this year’s Tour de France that at times he appears to have been toying with his rivals. He was at it again on Sunday in the final climb of the 15th stage won by Colombian Jarlinson Pantano, the Briton launching …

BERN, Switzerland — World champion Peter Sagan claimed his third 2016 Tour de France stage victory when he edged Alexander Kristoff on the line at the end of the 16th stage, a 209-kilometer ride from Moirans-en-Montagne on Monday. Norway’s Kristoff (Katusha) celebrated after crossing the line, but it was Slovak …